About our research

28 June 2017

Introduction

NCVER conducts and commissions research into Australia’s vocational education and training (VET) sector. The aim of the research is to contribute to improvement in VET policy and practice for a range of government, training and industry organisations. The research program is guided by a set of research principles.

With a library of over 70,000 publications we have comprehensive and unique insights into the Australian VET sector. See VOCEDplus, NCVER's international tertiary education research database for more information.

NVETR Program

The National Vocational Education and Training Research (NVETR) Program

NCVER, on behalf of the Australian Government and state and territory governments, co-ordinates and manages the National Vocational Education and Training Research (NVETR) program.

The NVETR program periodically provides funding for research aimed to inform policy and practice in the vocational education and training sector. Direction for this research program is guided by a national skills senior officials working group. See the national research priorities and the funding opportunities pages for more information.

LSAY

Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth (LSAY)

The Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth (LSAY) is a research program that tracks young people as they move from school to post-school destinations. It is managed and funded by the Australian Government Department of Education.

On 1 July 2007, NCVER was awarded the contract to provide analytical and reporting services for LSAY to 2010. On 30 June 2010, the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER) was re-contracted to provide these same services for another three years. Subsequent extensions to the contract were agreed for the periods between July 2013 and June 2015. In June 2015, the contract was extended further to cover the four year period from July 2015 to June 2019.

Consultancy services

Through its consultancy arm, NCVER provides professional research and evaluation services to Australian and international clients. NCVER consults in areas ranging from the training needs of diverse groups, analysis of industry skill requirements, program evaluations and research into a range of national training policy and practice issues. Our focus is on projects that are: